Personal Narrative Essay: My Summer Road Trip

Register to read the introduction… This was my exit. I had skipped breakfast and at that time my stomach had began to rumble. Not far off the highway I spotted a quaint home that had been transformed into a diner. I decided to stop. An elderly woman with bouffant silver hair, wearing a blue checked dress and apron greeted me at the door with a smile before seating me. It was as if I had stepped back into an old movie or perhaps a doorway into the past. Upon the waitress’s instance, I ordered the daily special. It was a wonderful plate of roast beef and mixed vegetables and it all melted in my mouth with each bite. I became aware that all eyes were on me and I could hear whispers as they looked my way. I do not know if it was the fact that I was a stranger in town or that I was a woman traveling alone, either way the unwanted attention made me uncomfortable. With this I decided to skip the apple pie and get back on the road, since I was not far from my destination.
The town was very small, and I soon found myself winding down farm lined country roads. The pine trees had given way to vast fields of grain and pastures filled with cattle. The country was nice, but I could not wait to be at the lake house where I could listen to the water lashing against the shore. I eagerly …show more content…
I could feel the cool dirt as it dusted over my bare feet and smelled the oak leaves as I walked under the shade of the trees. Once we arrived at the paths end, I sat on my rock and watched the water lapping against the sandy shore and listened to it echo as it splashed under the rock. Although I could feel the summer’s heat against my skin, there was a cool gentle breeze blowing off the lake that counteracted the sun’s rays. I just sat and gazed out into the water with the blue cloudless sky reflecting off of it, and I became lost in my